Cathy Downs
Biography
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Cathy Downs (March 3, 1924 – December 8, 1976) was an American film actress.
Born in Port Jefferson, New York, Downs began her film career with a small role in The Dolly Sisters (1945) and the following year played the title role in My Darling Clementine. Following the success of the latter, Downs was cast in a prison drama For You I Die (1947), an Abbott & Costello comedy The Noose Hangs High, and several western films.
By the beginning of the 1950s she was appearing in lower budget films, including some science fiction films, with one of these films Missile to the Moon marking her last screen appearance, in 1958.
She worked sporadically in television during the 1960s but was unemployed for several years before her death in Los Angeles, California.
Downs has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Television, at 6646 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Filmography
The Dark Corner
as Mari Cathcart 1946
The Amazing Colossal Man
as Carol Forrest 1957
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
as Lois King 1955
The She-Creature
as Dorothy Chappel 1956
Missile to the Moon
as June Saxton 1958
The Noose Hangs High
as Carol Blair 1948
The Sundowners
as Kathleen Boyce 1950
Panhandle
as Jean 'Dusty' Stewart 1948
For You I Die
as Hope Novak 1947
Kentucky Rifle
as Amy Connors 1956
The Oklahoma Woman
as Susan Grant 1956
Massacre River
as Kitty Reid 1949
Curfew Breakers
as Mrs. Bowman 1957
The Big Tip Off
as Sister Mary Joan of Arc 1955
Bandits of the West
as Joanne Collier 1953
Short Grass
as Sharon Lynch 1950